Jazz Legend Cassandra Wilson Passes Away, Leaving a Lasting Sound World
Jazz icon Cassandra Wilson has died at 70 in Jackson, Mississippi. Renowned for blending blues, folk and diasporic influences, she won two Grammys for New Moon Daughter (1997) and Loverly (2009) and was praised as Time’s “America’s best singer” in 2001; in 2022 she was named an NEA Jazz Master. Tributes from peers and a nod to her Mississippi roots underscore the enduring impact of her expansive, genre-defying voice.